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title: Vanta - How do I link my account?
sidebarTitle: Vanta
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# Overview

To authenticate with Vanta, you need:
1. **Client ID** - A unique identifier for your client.
2. **Client Secret** - A confidential key used to authenticate the identity of the application (client).

This guide will walk you through creating a new application in the Vanta Developer Console and obtaining your OAuth credentials.

### Prerequisites:

- You must have a Vanta account
- You must have access to the Developer Console

### Instructions:

#### Step 1: Creating Your Application

1. Log in to Vanta and navigate to the **Settings** page.
2. Go to **Developer Console** and click **Create**.
<img src="/api-integrations/vanta/dev_console.png"/>

3. Give your application a name and description.
4. Select the **App type** based on your use case:
   - **Manage Vanta**: Choose this option to access all Vanta API functionality (excluding the creation of a new private or public integration).
   - **Build Integrations**: Choose this option if you want to create new public or private integrations to sync data from non-integrated environments into Vanta.

<img src="/api-integrations/vanta/create_app.png"/>
5. You will see the **client ID** was autogenerated. Copy this value.
6. Click **Generate client secret** to create your **Client Secret**.

<img src="/api-integrations/vanta/credentials.png"/>

#### Step 2: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have your **Client ID** and **Client Secret**:

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Vanta.
2. Enter your **Client ID** and **Client Secret** in their designated fields.
3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

<img src="/api-integrations/vanta/form.png" style={{maxWidth: "450px" }}/>

You are now connected to Vanta.
